Certainly touting one of the most bizarre synopsis for films debuting this year, Colossal, written and directed by Nacho Vigalondo, is also one of the most surprising delights. A film which manages to blend monster movie madness with indie darling character exploration and…
TV Review: FX’s The Americans 5×5, “Lotus 1-2-3”
For all the plates that are spinning, The Americans sure knows how to make the emotional moments land. That’s even more impressive, considering how little time Philip and Elizabeth spend together in “Lotus 1-2-3”. Even without the revelations that take…
Album Review: Aimee Mann – “Mental Illness”
Aimee Mann’s newest album Mental Illness is not entirely about mental illness. There are certain songs that focus on mental illness, of course. One of the album’s highlights, “Patient Zero,” aptly describes the confusion and struggle of trying to reassure…
Book Review: “Perfect” by Cecelia Ahern
In this second installment of Cecelia Ahern’s Flawed series, readers are reunited with Celestine North as she attempts to bring down Judge Crevan and the rest of the Guild that allowed her to be brutally tortured for her good deeds.…
TV Review: Rick and Morty 3×01 “The Rickshank Rickdemption”
That was unexpected. While it genuinely still feels like an April Fools prank, the first episode of Rick and Morty’s highly anticipated third season really was released on Adult Swim Saturday night with little warning. The very idea of it…
TV Review: AMC’s The Walking Dead 7×16, “The First Day Of The Rest Of Your Life”
I am curious if anyone really felt for Sasha and her relationship with Abraham. Given how the seventh season finale of The Walking Dead wanted to spend a good portion of time on Sasha, I would hope there are people…
Melody on Music: Lesser Known Women of Country
Editor’s note: From 2012 to 2014, Melody Rice wrote the music column Matt on Music for The Eastern Echo, the student newspaper for Eastern Michigan University. In 2016, Melody relaunched this column on The Young Folks. You can read past installments…